- ῥᾳδιούργημα
- ῥᾳδιούργημα, ατος, τό (ῥᾳδιουργέω ‘engage in trickery’ via ῥᾳδιουργός ‘unscrupulous’, which in turn derives from ῥᾴδιος and a verbal root associated w. ἔργον; Dionys. Hal. 1, 77; Plut., Pyrrh. 6, 7, Mor. 860d; Ps.-Lucian, Calumn. 20) orig. the action of one who endeavors to gain some personal end through clever or tricky means. From the sense ‘prank, knavery, roguish trick, slick deed’ it is but a short step to that of serious misdeed, crime, villainy (Oenomaus in Eus., PE 5, 26, 2) ῥ. πονηρόν a serious piece of villainy Ac 18:14 (w. ἀδίκημα). DELG s.v. ῥᾶ.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.